Collector's Journal — Victorian Sporting Art
Fred Archer & Melton: The 1885 Epsom Derby, Rare Victorian Painting & Remarkable Family Discoveries
1885 Epsom Derby Antique Oil Paintings British Fine Art British Horse Racing History Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Epsom Derby Equestrian Art F S Evans Fred Archer Fred Archer Family History Lord Hastings Melton 1885 National Trust Paintings Sporting Art Provenance Stafford Ellerman Victorian Jockeys Victorian Sporting Art
Discover the remarkable story behind an original 1885 Victorian sporting oil painting by F. S. Evans depicting Derby and St Leger winner Melton with legendary jockey Fred Archer. Explore its aristocratic racing connections with Lord Hastings, documented Stafford Ellerman estate provenance, two important National Trust comparisons and fascinating new family testimony from Archer's great-granddaughter, Diana Reynolds. A compelling investigation into British racing history, nineteenth-century sporting art and the people whose memories preserve the past.
Edward Armfield A Sharp Lookout | 19th Century British Terrier Sporting Oil Painting
19th Century Art A Sharp Lookout Animal Painting British Animal Art British Art British Oil Painting Canine Art Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Collectors Journal Country House Art Dog Painting Edward Armfield Edward Armfield Paintings Fine Art Sporting Art Terrier Painting Victorian Art Victorian Oil Painting Victorian Sporting Art Working Terriers
Discover Edward Armfield's A Sharp Lookout, a signed 19th-century British sporting oil painting depicting three alert working terriers within a rustic barn interior. Featuring a historic verso inscription identifying the title and artist, the painting combines Victorian animal painting, sporting narrative and country-house decorative appeal.
J. Warnes: The Lurcher and the English Countryside
Art Research British Animal Painting British Dog Art Collectors Journal Colonel Peter Fishbourne Dog Portrait Earls Colne Edwardian Art Edwardian Britain English Countryside Essex Greyhound J. Warnes Lime House Lurcher Lurcher Painting Lurcher Portrait Provenance Research Rowney & Co Samuel John Carter Sporting Art Sporting Painting Victorian Sporting Art Working Dogs
A sensitive circa 1910 portrait of a lurcher by British artist J. Warnes places a working dog within the English countryside, offering an evocative glimpse into Edwardian rural life and the tradition of British sporting and animal painting.
